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EPS
Wednesday Meetings - Overview
1950s
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Lectures
Travelogue
lectures were fewer in the 1950s, particularly after 1953, except for lectures
on mountain photography.
Lantern
slides, ciné photography and bromoil printing were still being practised, but
accounted for very few lectures.
Instead,
lectures sponsored by manufacturers,
particularly Kodak and Ilford, had
become very popular.
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Demonstrations
G E Williamson
held an annual meeting in the early 1950s:
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Reviewing
and Demonstrating new apparatus, etc.
There
were regular Gadget Nights,
and lectures giving advice on:
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Making your own Enlarger
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Home-made
Cameras and Other Gadgets
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Debates
Two debates were held, in 1952 and
1957 respectively on:
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Is Multiple Printing Inherently Dishonest?
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Monochrome
Photography is Outdated
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Exhibitions and Competitions
Exhibitions and Competitions
began to play a more prominent part in EPS activities.
A popular subject for lectures throughout the
1950s was Making
the Exhibition Print.
Lectures were given by:
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Gracie Alison
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George Cruickshank
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A H MacLucas
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Len Roberts
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Robert Strathdee
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others.
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Club
Nights
From the mid-1950s there was a
regular monthly Club
Night.
Each
Club Night was in three parts
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Monthly Competition
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Instructional Lecture
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One Man Show.
Amongst the presenters of
One Man Shows,
there were:
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M W Elphinstone
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John Knight
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Iain Smith
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Douglas Fraser
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John Black
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Marion Boron
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Gracie Alison-
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Dr.
Alexander Dunbar
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J Dewar
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Processing
Extensive
advice was given on processing the negative and making the print with lectures on:
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Multiple
Printing
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Spotting
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Retouching
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Oil
Reinforcement
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Mounting and Presentation
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Monochrome Prints from Colour Transparencies
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